@ Dual1ty; can I just throw in a critique on the video in Reply #8; the one that "... no one has even attempted to debunk yet"?
First of all, the credentials of the F-16 pilot. Yes, if he's an F-16 pilot you would expect him to have appropriate intelligence and education. I am a retired aircraft engineer/mechanic. So far as my personal abilities as such are concerned, I would say I did a reasonable job (well I would, wouldn't I)? Do I remember everything I was taught? Did I even understand everything I was taught? Others may differ in their views, but along the way I met some real aces, better trained, more experienced and a broader range of knowledge. I also met some real duffers; could barely read and understand the manual. But we were all qualified Engineers. RonJ, as we know is a Navigator and Engineer. Is he competent in that job? Undoubtedly, as he is qualified in that role. But I bet there are better, and I bet there are worse; a spectrum. I don't know your career choice, but if you have a field of expertise perhaps you can relate to this.
The F-16 is one of the most mass produced aircraft currently in service; well over 4000 built, and entered service (in Europe) around 1983. 40 years. A typical squadron would have 2 or 3 pilots per aircraft, flying the aircraft for perhaps 10 years. Eight or ten pilots per aircraft, lets call it 40,000 F-16 pilots worldwide; some aces, some not the sharpest knife in the kitchen drawer. A spectrum. And this one thinks the world is flat.
Speed. Much is made of the 1500mph and "250 miles in 10 minutes". Horsepoop. The maximum speed of the F-16 is less than 1400mph, but lets call that within a range of tolerence. What's important is that the only way an F-16 goes that speed is with a clean aeroplane, no missiles, no external fuel tanks, and for short distances, and not to interecept a bomber. If he's travelling 250 miles at Mach 2, there better be a friendly airfield at 249 miles. Interestingly, the accompanying video (which is largely pointless stock footage btw, as you know) does show the USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team, with a shot of the cockpit showing us that he's doing 400 kias at 24000', around 430 knots true airspeed, or 500mph. So 250 miles in around half an hour. For the pilot, or producer, to suggest otherwise is at least disingenuous.
The radar. Our guy assesses that at a range of 80 miles the width of scanstop-to-stop is 138 miles and that should give a hump of 12,700' in the middle of the screen. Wrong; since the scope either side of the centreline is 69 miles, this would give a real-world hump of just over 3000' on the boresight; less than a mile, at eighty miles. Insignificant, as any BVR weapon will be targetted by its radar position, not its apparent altitude. The final line is a cracker, that the radar will get them killed "unless the manufacture has accounted for curvature"! And? Is there any evidence that curvature has not been accounted for? Is that all that's in the drawer?
Navigating the curvature. Let me give you an analogy in azimuth. It took me about 3 minutes on Google Maps to find a highway in Seskatchewan, SK-15, running due west from the town of Nokomis to just short of Broderick, around 80 miles, and its absolutely due west. So imagine you're driving to Broderick. Do you set your compass and drive due west from your origin? No, you drive 2-feet to left of the white line and you arrive in Broderick. Its absolutely the same with maintaining altitude. Here we are in the 3rd decade of the 21st Century, and all aircraft maintain altitude, not by GPS, not by radar, not by attitude indication, but by referencing the air pressure. Doesn't matter if you're on autopilot or flying by hand; pressure increases; the plane needs to fly up. Pressure decrease; plane needs to fly down. The pressure of the air is directly related to its height above sea level, and any movement of the aircraft up or down due to curvature is absolutely imperceptable against the other forces, turbulance and changes of mass and CofG as fuel is consumed. That any pilot can be unaware of this, and state as much, is frankly incredible.